Women Producers

Great Interview With Glenn Close

A really great homage to her whole career on the eve of the Oscar nominations. She willed Albert Nobbs into existence. She is the star, the producer, the co-writer and she also write the lyrics to the song. Pretty impressive.

A View from the Trenches: Is Estrogen My Last Hurdle to Success?

I blame my Midwestern roots for my optimistic views and somewhat naivé outlook on my career in Hollywood. Hard work reaps rewards so any hurdle I saw was positive because it made me a better producer, a better writer and a better director. I can overcome hurdles or at the very least, learn from the...

The Invisible War: New Poster

Haunting- Film Premieres at Sundance.  Here's the trailer.  I love the tag line.  The battle ground is your barracks.  These are women dedicating themselves to serving the US and they are being raped by their fellow soldiers.  Horrific.  Can't wait to see thi...

Four Women Producers Included in List for PGA's Top Honor - Kathleen Kennedy Nominated for Two Awards

The Producer's Guild of America announced their nominees for top awards yesterday and four women are included on the list for the top honor which is the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award In Theatrical Motion Pictures.

Cross-Post: 20 Years of Black Lesbian Cinema Before Pariah

Interview with Dee Rees - Writer and Director of Pariah

Pariah opens in limited release tomorrow.  I was able to catch it and the Toronto Film Festival.  Here is my conversation with writer/director Dee Rees.

Circumstance Producer Karin Chien Takes on the Producers Guild

There has been a bit of a controversy last week over the Producer's Guild nominees.  Karin Chien, the producer of Circumstance learned that her film was disqualified from the PGA Awards because the film is not in English.

Guest Post: Women War & Peace: Bosnian Women Testify for Change By Pamela Hogan

For eight years as a founding producer of PBS’s award-winning international documentary series WIDE ANGLE, I made it my mission to expand coverage of under-reported global women’s issues. I’m proud of the ground-breaking films we made, tackling stories almost no one else was talking about from maternal mortality in Africa to the worldwide crisis in access to education, especially for girls in developing countries. But I began to feel that overall we were paying too much attention to a “narrow angle” of war. There was plenty of press reflecting a masculine narrative: warlords, generals and border conflict. There was bountiful footage of men...

Women Comedy Creators Soar This Season on TV

Something is happening on TV and we need to acknowledge it.